H.R. 589 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
MAHSA Act
Cosponsors: 128 (60 D, 68 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-01-27
Latest action (2024-12-17): Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
What H.R. 589 does, in plain terms
Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act or the MAHSA Act This bill requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) affiliated with Iran. The President must periodically make determinations about whether certain existing sanctions apply to specified foreign persons and impose the applicable sanctions, including determinations concerning (1) the Supreme Leader of Iran and any official in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, (2) the President of Iran and any official in the Office of the President of Iran, and (3) any entity overseen by the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran which is complicit in supporting human rights abuses or terrorism.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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